Inspired by the 1965 film Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines, two blokes invest in a drone for fun and profit. With his 375th post, Nigel celebrates a new business opportunity.
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Oliver Cromwell’s Commonwealth and the Interregnum lasted just 11 years, during which time he managed to cancel Christmas celebrations, among other reforms. His rule started when he had King Charles I’s head chopped off , yet most Brits don’t seem to know or care about the devastating English Civil War in the mid 1600s.
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Fans of Jeremy Clarkson and his new iteration as a gentleman farmer on the hit Amazon Prime series Clarkson’s Farm will be thrilled to hear a second season is filming. Since I’m staying nearby in Chipping Norton, it’s time to have a look at his Diddly Squat Farm Shop.
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Opened in August after a $24 million, 10-year development, Little Canada is Toronto’s newest tourist attraction.
Continue reading “TINY PEOPLE IN A GIANT LAND”
Peccavi under sail in Toronto Harbour
At the Toronto Boat Show for the first time in a decade and a half without owning a sail boat. I’m not sure if I’m happy I sold it or sad I don’t have it any more. Continue reading “TWO HAPPY DAYS”
Roger and Nigel show off their Victorian era military uniforms … one Brit and one Boer … mortal enemies
Oh what a night! Theresa got her head chopped off. Boris blowed-up good. The torch lit street processions were amazing. The bonfires huge. The fireworks brilliant. Continue reading “BONFIRE BOYS”
Canada’s “toonie” salutes the Northern Lights
Look up, way up, into the inky dark sky. Faint at first and then brighter ghostly images appear, moving strangely across the heavens. The Northern Lights, the aurora borealis, are putting on a show. Continue reading “HUNTING THE NORTHERN LIGHTS”
Anvil frontman Lips brings the roof down
Rock and roll research takes me to Doncaster in Yorkshire and a chance to look around a place I’ve never thought of visiting before. Continue reading “DONCASTER ROCKS”
Waterloo Bonfire Society’s Donald Trump tableau goes up in smoke
On November 5, 2016, four of the six Lewes Bonfire Societies blow up effigies of US presidential candidate Donald Trump at the culmination of an evening of torchlit parades, massive bonfires and fireworks displays to mark the downfall of Guy Fawkes and the burning of the 17 Lewes Martyrs. Continue reading “THE DONALD BLOWS UP”
El Galéon under sail
An array of unusual sailing vessels of yore have arrived in Toronto for the long weekend as part of The Redpath Waterfront Festival. Continue reading “TALL SHIPS AND LONG SHIPS”
Gentlemans Portion 